TABLE 1.

Parameters of the cell electroporation model

Symbol	Value	Definition and source
a	50 μm	Cell radius (44).
Cm	10−2 F m−2	Surface capacitance of the membrane (44).
gl	2 S m−2	Surface conductance of the membrane (44).
si	0.455 S m−1	Intracellular conductivity (44).
se	5 S m−1	Extracellular conductivity (44).
s	2 S m−1	Conductivity of the solution filling the pore (13).
Vrest	−0.08 V	Rest potential (62).
h	5 × 10−9 m	Membrane thickness (39).
α	1 × 109 m−2 s−1	Creation rate coefficient (24).
Vep	0.258 V	Characteristic voltage of electroporation (24).
N0	1.5 × 109 m−2	Equilibrium pore density at Vm = 0 (24).
r*	0.51 × 10−9 m	Minimum radius of hydrophilic pores (39).
rm	0.8 × 10−9 m	Minimum energy radius at Vm = 0 (39).
q	≡ (rm/r*)2	Constant in Eq. 7 for pore creation rate (24).
D	5 × 10−14 m2 s−1	Diffusion coefficient for pore radius (11).
β	1.4 × 10−19 J	Steric repulsion energy (12).
γ	1.8 × 10−11 J m−1	Edge energy (11,39).
σ0	1 × 10−6 J m−2	Tension of the bilayer without pores (63).
σ′	2 × 10−2 J m−2	Tension of hydrocarbon-water interface (64).
Fmax	0.70 × 10−9 N V−2	Max electric force for Vm = 1 V (31).
rh	0.97 × 10−9 m	Constant in Eq. 10 for advection velocity (31).
rt	0.31 × 10−9 m	Constant in Eq. 10 for advection velocity (31).
T	310 K	Absolute temperature (37°C).